Culinary implement.



J. E. WYATT.

CULINARY IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1912.

' 1,041,221 Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

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J. E. WYATT.

CULINARY IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1912.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

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JAMES E. WYATT, OF YANTIS, TEXAS.

CULINARY IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed April 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,293.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. WYATT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yantis, in the county of lNood and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in culinary implements, and refersparticularly to an implement or device capable of slicing vegetables,meats, bread, or other food material where necessary to cut in thinslices.

One object of the invention is the provision of an implement which willrapidly cut the material into slices of any desired and requiredthickness, and which can be produced at a price to make its use highlydesirable.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a culinary implementwhich will be of compact and small size to occupy a very small space,while possessing a large capacity for service, which will be simple anddurable in construction, which can be taken apart for purposes ofcleaning and repair or for sharpening the knives or cutters, which canbe readily adjusted, and which in general will be efficient andpractical.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a culinaryimplement having adjust-ably mounted knives or cutters where by thethickness of the cut may be regulated as required, and which adjustingmechanism may be easily and quickly operated to secure the properspacing of the cutters wit-h respect to each other and shear cut.

With these objects in view, the invention consists primarily of a frameor support, a knife guide carried by the frame, a reciproeating cuttercomprising a series of similar parallel disposed blades, a rigidco-acting cutter comprising a series of blades arranged to operate incojunction with the reciprocating cutter and to gage the size of theslices into which the food is out, and adjusting mechanism for both thereciprocating and stationary cutters whereby these members may beadjusted laterally with respect to each other to secure a giventhickness of cut.

The invention further consists of an imto produce an even plement ordevice of the character and for the purpose stated embodying novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts, substantially asdisclosed herein.

Figure l is a side elevation of a complete culinary implementconstructed in accordance with and embodying the principles of myinvention, the position the reciprocating cutter assumes when in the actof cutting an object being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an endview, partly in section, of the complete implement. Fig. 3 is a detailview of a part of the adjusting mechanism, taken on lines 33 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one the rei'ziprocable knife bladesdetached, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the stationaryknife blades detached.

In the drawings :The letter A designates the base or support of theimplement, which is provided with a bracket clamp B for securing theimplement to a table or other suitable stationary structure, and fromone edge of the base rises the longer strip D. From the strip C extendsupward the pair of braces E, whose upper ends are secured to the stripF, between which and the upper strip F are secured the upper ends of theknife guides G, the lower ends of which are secured to the verticalstrip 1), which strip serves to brace and support the knife guides. Fromthis construction it will be observed that the implement is attached toa suitable supporting structure and that an open discharge portion H isprovided at one side through which the slices of material after beingout can fall, and that a series of knife guides are provided for thereciprocating cutter, which consists of a series of blades J, pivoted attheir lower ends upon the rod K and formed with the curved cutting edgeJ, and to the extended ones of the biades is secured the operatinghandle or grasping device J On the base of the implement is mounted thestationary cutter of my implement, which comprises the short strip L andthe longer strip L, and which permit the movement of the cutter frame inthe base, and to secure said cutter frame in position I employ suitablekeepers or retaining devices 0.

It will be apparent that the arrangement of the pairs of strips insuresan incline to the series of blades P, which comprise the stationarycutter of my device, and in operation when the reciprocating cutterdescends upon the material to be out, there is a coaction between thereciprocating cutter and the stationary cutter which insures a smoothand even shear cut in order that the material may be sliced evenly andwith perfect smoothness.

The means for adjusting the cutter members with respect to each otherare extremely simple and efi'icient and comprise a roller Q mounted onthe rod K, having the milled head R, and the roller is provided with aseries of grooves S in which fit the lugs S of the split collar S of thereciprocating knives J, the upper ends of which are cut away as at S toform engaging portions to fit in the grooves T of the upper roller T,mounted upon a rod T having a milled head T whereby it may be easilyrotated. As best shown in Fig. 2, these grooves in the rollers are ofpeculiar configuration, the central groove being vertical incross-section and the others spiral and increasing proportionately indiameter as they approach the sides of the implement.

Mounted in ears U rising from the short strip L and passing transverselythrough the openings U of the stationary blades P of the cutter, whichblades are formed with cut out portions U engaging in the grooves of theroller Q, is a rod U3. The other ends of the blades P are formed withcut away portions U engaging grooves V in the roller V mounted upon thelonger strip L of the base of the implement, a rod V being mounted inears V on the longer strip L, and serving with the opposite rod U asguides upon which the blades slide. From this construction it will beseen that the blades may be brought nearer to each other by rotating therespective rollers and provision thus be made for cutting variousthicknesses of slices, the roller Q being provided with larger groovesthan the other rollers to accommodate the ends of both the reciprocatingand stationary knife blades and thus obviating the necessity of using afourth roller.

The operation of my implement will be readily understood from theforegoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, and I would simply state that the loaf of bread, head ofcabbage, or piece of meat as a whole is placed within the frame andknife guides and when the reciprocating cutter descends, the food in itsentirety is cut into a series of equal sized slices or strips.

The advantages of my invention will be readily understood andappreciated and such an implement will prove practical and useful in thehousehold and particularly desirable in hotels, restaurants, and likeplaces where it is desired to cut the food rapidly into slices of equalsize and thickness.

I claim 1. A culinary implement of the character and for the purposedescribed, comprising a supporting frame, a knife guide consisting of aseries of parallel disposed strips, a reciprccating cutter consisting ofa series of similar parallel disposed knives guided in said knife guide,and a stationary cutter mounted in the frame and arranged to coact withthe knives of the reciprocatingcutter.

2. A culinary implement of the character and for the purpose described,comprisinga supporting frame, a knife guide consisting of a series ofparallel disposed strips, a reciprocating cutter consisting of a seriesof similar parallel disposed knives guided in said knife guide, and astationary cutter mounted in the frame and arranged to coact with theknives of the reciprocatingcutter, and means for adjusting the knives ofsaid cutters to gage the thickness of the slices of material to be cutthereby.

A. culinary implement of the character and for the purpose described,comprising a supporting frame, a knife guide consistmg of a series ofparallel disposed strips, a reciprocating cutter consisting of a seriesof similar parallel disposed knives guided in said knife guide, astationary cutter mounted on the frame and arranged to co-act with theknives of the reciprocating cutter, and

means for adjusting the knives of said cutters with respect to eachother, said means consisting of grooved rollers in which the blades arereceived and operating rods upon which the rollers are mounted wherebysaid rollers may be rotated.

4. In a culinary implement, the combination of a frame, a reciprocatingcutter composed of a plurality of blades, a stationary cutter composedof a plurality of blades a grooved roller mounted upon the frame inwhich the ends of the blades of both cutters are received, a rod forrotating said roller,

rollers engaging the outer ends of the blades of the reciprocating andstationary cutters respectively, and rods upon which said rollers aremounted for rotating said rollers.

5. A culinary implement of the character and for the purpose described,consisting of a frame, a knife guide carried by the frame, an opendischarge portion adjacent the guide, a reciprocating cutter pivoted inthe frame and consisting of a series of parallel disposed knives havingcurved cutting edges, and a stationary cutter consisting of a series ofparallel disposed knivesarranged at an incline to co-act with thecutting edges of the reciprocating cutter knives to give a shear cleancut to the material.

6. A culinary implement, consisting of a frame, a reciprocating cutter,a stationary cutter, the upper ends of the reciprocating cutter beingformed with cut out portions, a grooved roller engaging said out outportions, a lower grooved roller, collars formed upon the lower ends ofthe reciprocating cutter and having lugs engaging in said grooves of thelower roller, cut out portions upon the inner ends of the stationarycutter also engaging in the grooves of the lower roller, and an outerroller engaged by the outer ends of the stationary cutter, said rollerscomprising means for adjusting the stationary and reciprocating cutters.

7 In a culinary implemnet, the combination of a frame, a reciprocatingcutter and a stationary cutter, each composed of a plurality of blades,a grooved roller mounted upon the frame in which the ends of both of thecutters are received, and rollers engaging the outer ends of the bladesof both cutters whereby the cutters may be adjusted with respect to eachother.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. WYATT.

Witnesses:

J. A. \VYATT, JOHN A. MOORE.

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